![A woman who was detained by rebel forces in South Sudan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_southsudan_detainedwoman.jpg?itok=BKsBrOtb)
![A woman who was detained by rebel forces in South Sudan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_southsudan_detainedwoman.jpg?itok=BKsBrOtb)
February 19, 2020
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of Ukraine
87th pre-session
February 19, 2020
Guinea: Fear of Further Crackdown as Constitutional Poll Nears
Longstanding Impunity Fuels Abuses by Police, Gendarmes
![Des policiers arrêtent un homme lors d'une manifestation contre le projet de nouvelle constitution à Conakry, en Guinée, le 14 novembre 2019. © 2019 Cellou Binani/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_guinea_fndc.jpg?itok=Fw0nxqko)
February 19, 2020
South Sudan: Reform Abusive Security Agency
Restrict Powers, Free Detainees, Hold Violators to Account
![Riek Malul, taken in 2017. © 2017 Private.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_southsudan_riekmalul.jpg?itok=k10SfIpy)
February 19, 2020
Russia: Quash Conviction of Peaceful Protester
Clear Konstantin Kotov of All Charges, Repeal Repressive Protest Law
![Konstantin Kotov and his lawyer, Maria Eismont, wait for the verdict in his case at Moscow's Tverskoi district court, September 5, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910eca_russia_kotov.jpg?itok=Jy-UFOtA)
February 19, 2020
Iran: Environmentalists’ Unjust Sentences Upheld
Detainees Faced Torture, Bogus Charges, Unfair Trials
![A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iran_enviro.jpg?itok=xHbdRGG8)
February 18, 2020
China: Free Prominent Legal Advocate
Xu Zhiyong Detained Amid Crackdown on Activists
![A demonstrator raises a poster of Xu Zhiyong during a protest against his sentencing, Hong Kong, January 27, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_china_xu.jpg?itok=yd_eClZY)
February 18, 2020
Over 50 Rights Groups Call on Congress to Establish an Independent Immigration Court
![A Salvadoran family stays at the Buen Pastor migrant shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in June 2019 while they wait for their asylum cases to be heard in US immigration court.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002crd_us_mexico.jpg?itok=MQwmSaZw)
February 18, 2020
EU Urges Zimbabwe to Bring Abusive Security Forces to Justice
Renews Arms Embargo, Asset Freeze Against State-Owned Military Company
![A man is beaten by a Zimbabwean soldier after protests broke out across the country on January 14, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903afr_zimbabwe_protests.jpg?itok=cy1olIA1)
February 18, 2020
Sexual Violence: Uganda Police Should Support Victims, Not Blame Them
![202002wrd_uganda_protest.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002wrd_uganda_protest.jpg?itok=RP6R0Hzw)
February 18, 2020
Human Rights Watch Submission to the European Union for the EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue
January 2020
February 18, 2020
EU Turns Its Back on Migrants in Distress
New Naval Mission Designed to Avoid Sea Rescues
![Migrants are transfered by Italian sailors from the German combat supply ship 'Frankfurt am Main' to the their ship 'Grecale' after being rescued during EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 29, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002europe_mena_migrants_mediterranean_sophia.jpg?itok=W4RQX54U)
February 18, 2020
Unique Chance to Curb Global Labor Abuses
International Expert Meeting Should Decide New Supply Chains Treaty
![Mercury is mixed with gold ore.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/8439.jpg?itok=tw2pAnFF)
February 18, 2020
Political Graffiti Behind Bogus Jailing in Azerbaijan
European Court Says Azerbaijan Wrongfully Prosecuted Activists on Drugs Charges
![Bayram Mammadov, Azerbaijan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-12-08_at_15.48.02.png?itok=ymFcNfZf)
February 18, 2020
Japan: Stand Firm on Rights in North Korea
Abe Should Lead Efforts to Hold Pyongyang Accountable
![Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters into the prime minister's office in Tokyo on January 20, 2020. House of Councilors Plenary session starts on the same day.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_japan_abe.jpg?itok=k6jLNHOO)